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Last night I saw AMP pages on my desktop (on page 2). Will try recall what I searched for and take a screenshot
(34:20) is false. It's not shown only to webmasters. Google Chrome Mobile literally nags users with a prompt, "Would you like to make this page mobile friendly?" I find this particularly offensive for multiple reasons. A) Chrome nags the user even when the page is mobile friendly, even when the nag text is smaller than the text on the website. B) Just the fact Google is taking a "Man In The Middle Attack" approach to reorganizing the content of web pages–I'm really surprised Google's lawyers approved this, or that anyone thought it was a wise thing to do. If a user has a vision problem–you could offer them a "bad eyesight mode," but don't force this on everybody, and nag us about it over and over again. C) The nag does not happen rarely. The majority of web pages I visit trigger Chrome to display a "make this mobile friendly" nag bar at the bottom of the browser, and there's no obvious way to turn it off. I assume the Chrome Mobile browser is not acting on its own, and that Google is feeding it "friendliness" data. Or is this just a problem with Chrome Mobile? D) I assume this disrupts advertising, which would negatively affect most websites. E) Google's "Mobile Friendly" guidelines are just not good, and I personally challenge anyone at Google to debate the merit of each and every "mobile friendly" recommendation. Really Google shouldn't judge so harshly half the Internet with a "penalty nag bar" without some legit explanation. My own websites were not affected, as far as I can tell, but as a user I find it annoying to be nagged over and over again. F) You're assuming the "text" is the only important thing on the page. The medium is the message for most brands and context is everything. The "nag bar" is really distracting and totally breaks the experience. You're really breaking trust with the Internet, not just offending the producers of content, by blocking the intended presentation, but you're blocking a user's ability to experience the page as intended, without a nag.